We are pleased to announce Philippe Bianconi has been recently appointed director of the American Conservatory of Fontainebleau.
Founded in 1921 to introduce young American musicians to the best French musical tradition of composing and performing, this prestigious institution, directed for many years by the great Nadia Boulanger, has included in its faculty such names as Maurice Ravel, Marcel Dupré, Robert and Gaby Casadesus, Henri Dutilleux and Betsy Jolas.
Some of the most famous American composers such as Aaron Copland, Elliott Carter, Virgil Thompson or Philip Glass studied in Fontainebleau.
Philippe Bianconi succeeds to Philippe Entremont who was the director from 1994 to 2013.
For further information about Philippe Bianconi please visit his website : www.philippebianconi.com